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Managing form entries - archive 'completed' entries

  1. sacove
    Member

    Hello, im looking at using gravity forms for a basic order system.
    I want to know, how could i manage orders in the backend.

    I see there is an entries page that shows:
    All | unread | Starred | Trash

    But after a while, this could contain hundreds of entries (hopefully!)
    Ideally i need a way to mark entries (orders) as complete, so they dont show on the main screen, but can be accessed latter if needed, like:
    All | Pending Orders | Completed Orders | unread | Starred | Trash

    One solution would be to add a hidden field of 'Status' to the form, which can be changed latter, but the screen would still list all.

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  2. David Peralty

    You can't add extra filters like that, but you can sort by field, and/or edit field values to include some HTML. Maybe having a field that has the status, where you can then in the entries screen wrap completed orders in green css codes or something....

    You'll want to look in our Administration Hooks for things like:
    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_entries_field_value
    http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_entries_column

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  3. sacove
    Member

    Great, that should do the trick.

    Also, is it possible to have a hidden field value populate from another (visable) field?

    I want to save orderform details to a post - then i need to get the info from a priceing field into a custom field.

    Im playing with the live demo now, but cant see how this is possible.
    I gather i need to use a pricing field for the form to work properly with paypal, but how do i save info from a pricing field to post data?

    Is this possible?

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  4. David Peralty

    Make sure the field you want to add to has the dynamically populate checked, then using the pre-submission hook, grab the data from the one field, and put it in the other. This should work for you. I haven't tried it myself yet though.

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  5. David Peralty

    I just realized that this is in the pre-purchase section of the forum. :) Gravity Forms is near infinitely extendable through the myriad of hooks it has. By itself, Gravity Forms is just about data collection, and anything beyond that, you will need to be able to custom code through the use of hooks.

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  6. sacove
    Member

    Thanks again. This kind of support (even in pre-purchase!) is great. Looks like ive found my solution. I take it i need to purchase a dev licence for paypal support?

    Any i have no problem writing custom code, provided the knowledgebase is good, i'll be fine.

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink
  7. David Peralty

    That is correct. The Paypal add-ons are only available to development license holders. And we try out best to help troubleshoot, but can't write all your custom code for you ;) Glad to help!

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday June 21, 2012 | Permalink